Benjamin G. Birkhill

Attorney Advisor Attorney Advisor, Staff

Phone: 202.480.2097

Benjamin G. Birkhill is an Attorney Advisor with the Administrative Conference of the United States.

Before joining ACUS, Mr. Birkhill was the Deputy Director of the Regulations and Rulings Division in the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB).  TTB is a bureau of the U.S. Treasury Department that collects approximately $20 billion in federal excise taxes each year, and also regulates alcohol beverage labeling, advertising, and trade practices.  In his role at TTB, Mr. Birkhill oversaw the development of rulemaking and public guidance for the agency, and he was responsible for the formulation of policy positions on the interpretation and application of the agency’s legal authorities.

Mr. Birkhill earned his J.D., cum laude, from Wayne State University Law School, where he was an Executive Board Member and Senior Articles Editor for the Wayne Law Review.  He holds a B.A., with High Honors, from the University of Michigan, where he majored in English and Political Science.

ACUS Projects

Administrative Record in Informal Rulemaking, Implementation Contact
Agency Economists, Implementation Contact
Agency Guidance Through Interpretive Rules, Implementation Contact
Agency Guidance Through Policy Statements, Implementation Contact
Benefit-Cost Analysis at Independent Regulatory Agencies, Implementation Contact
Contractors in Rulemaking, Implementation Contact
Designing Federal Permitting Programs, Implementation Contact
GPRA Modernization Act of 2010: Examining Constraints To, and Providing Tools For, Cross-Agency Collaboration, Implementation Contact
Guidance in the Rulemaking Process , Implementation Contact
Improving Coordination of Related Agency Responsibilities, Implementation Contact
Incorporation by Reference, Implementation Contact
Individualized Guidance, Staff Counsel
Legal Considerations in e-Rulemaking, Implementation Contact
Marketable Permits, Implementation Contact
Nationwide Injunctions and Federal Regulatory Programs, Staff Counsel
Petitions for Rulemaking, Implementation Contact
Promoting Accuracy and Transparency in the Unified Agenda, Implementation Contact
Protected Materials in Public Rulemaking Dockets , Implementation Contact
Public Availability of Agency Guidance Documents, Implementation Contact
Public Availability of Inoperative Agency Guidance Documents, Implementation Contact
Public Engagement in Agency Rulemaking Under the Good Cause Exemption, Staff Counsel
Public-Private Partnerships, Implementation Contact
Regulatory Analysis Requirements, Implementation Contact
Regulatory Enforcement Manuals, Implementation Contact
Regulatory Waivers and Exemptions, Implementation Contact
Roundtable on State Administrative Procedural Practices, Staff Counsel
Science in the Administrative Process, Implementation Contact